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Looking for recommendations for my summer house in Ohio, so I can keep my windows open at night.

Looking for recommendations for my summer house in Ohio, so I can keep my windows open at night.

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[–] • 3 pts 9mo

Blackberry bushes. they grow thick and strong and have a million thorns. Then you can make cool pies and shit too.

[–] • 2 pts 9mo

Gotta be REAL careful with blackberries though. They're literally an noxious weed in the PNW. If you don't remove the rootball, it will always grow back, and short of agent orange, it's near impossible to keep it trimmed in a way that is manageable.

[–] • 1 pt 8mo

and when the birds eat the berries, you’re gonna have blackberries popping up all over the place. they don’t require a lot of maintenance to grow, but you gotta trim and weed the new growth every year to keep them from taking over.

[–] • 1 pt 9mo

Yup, I fight with them constantly.

[–] • 2 pts 9mo

https://www.thespruce.com/thorny-plants-7510680

Poison ivy as edging would be a nice touch.

[–] • 0 pt 9mo

I suggest that the author of the prickly pear entry is unfamiliar with century plant, which could trap a goat and drink its blood in an evening.

Desert SW only, it is an agave.

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[–] • 2 pts 9mo

This is actually a thing. It is called Defensive gardening. There are even books written on this subject.

A single ref: https://gardenerspath.com/plants/foliage/best-defensive-plants/

[–] • 1 pt 9mo

Japanese barberry. Let it grow to size and just trim and shape once a year in spring or fall. Really nasty spines, they're hypodermic sharp and shaped, and they break off easily under the skin.

[–] • 1 pt 9mo (edited 9mo)
[–] • 1 pt 9mo

The day they stop letting japs in the country, is the day I remove the plant nature designed to keep them out of my house.

[–] • 1 pt 9mo (edited 9mo)

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/citrus-trifoliata/

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b

As of 2023, Ohio is divided into four USDA hardiness zones: 5b, 6a, 6b, and 7a

[–] • 1 pt 9mo

Nice one, I might know just the place for this one if I can get it.

[–] • 1 pt 9mo

You could look at something like Box Thorn. Very prickly, hardy shrub (depending on variety).

[–] • 1 pt 9mo

Roses under your windows might be nice at times to have the fragrance flow through parts of your home.

[–] • 1 pt 9mo

Nelly Steven's holly. Roses are pretentious pricks.

[–] • 0 pt 9mo

But it's not thorny.

[–] • 0 pt 9mo

Try walking through that bush, then let me know about the no thorns. Those fuckers hurt! Plus, they are super low maintenance.

[–] • 0 pt 9mo

We used to have barberry around the elementary school I went to. They weren't fun to fall into.

[–] • 0 pt 9mo

The best low-maintenance shrub is a large dog.